Display image in form from filename 1

[johnnygeo]

I have an Access 2000 db which generates an html output file. Rather than store my images as OLE objects, I am storing the path to the image files as text.

I have a form for maintaining the data, and I would like to display the images on the form. How do I get from a filename as text to an image?

i.e., I have a control txtFileName = "c:\myPath\myImage.gif"
I want a control next to it to display the image itself.

thanks,
Johnny Geo

 

[FancyPrairie]

Insert an image control on your form and in the OnCurrent event of the form, set the Picture property of the image control equal to the value of txtFileName.

imgYourImageControlName.Picture = txtFileName

Note that an image does not display animation (as a gif might imply). If your gif files are animated, then you might want insert the Microsoft Web Browser ActiveX control or use gif89.dll (search tek-tips for its location for downloading).

 

[johnnygeo]

Thanks, FancyPrairie, that worked fine for what I described.

Unfortunately, I neglected to mention that my form is continuous, and using the onCurrent event makes all the images change to the same thing. I think I need somehow to bind the image control to the field behind the txtFileName control. Is there a way to do this?